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Freedom Fields | 
 enlarge | Artist: Seth Lakeman
Label: Relentless
Category: Music
List Price: £8.99
Buy New: £5.88
You Save: £3.11 (35%)
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Rating:  27 reviews
Sales Rank: 970
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.8 x 0.4
UPC: 094636575520
EAN: 0094636575520
ASIN: B000K4X2YM
Release Date: November 13, 2006
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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| Tracks:
| • | Lady Of The Sea (Hear Her Calling) | | • | Setting Of The Sun | | • | White Hare | | • | Colliers | | • | King And Country | | • | Childe The Hunter | | • | Take No Rogues | | • | 1643 | | • | Riflemen Of War | | • | Charmer | | • | Final Lot | | • | Band Of Gold | | • | Send Yourself Away |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 10 more reviews...
 It's folk, Jim, but..... September 25, 2006
Matthew W. Davis (Lausanne, Switzerland)
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
Bought this CD after hearing "Setting of the Sun" on the BBC Folk Awards 2006 compliation and haven't regretted it. It's definitely a folk album: "Setting of the Sun" is one of those ridiculous folk tales about a young man who shoots his true love, mistaking her (and her white apron) for a swan; "1643" is a rousing account of a key battle in the English civil war; "Lady of the Sea" has all the honest, self-unconcious, sweeping emotion (for me) only folk songs can convey. However, rythmically, melodically, lyrically, and in his voice, it somehow manages to bridge the gap between folk and contemporary, indie guitar music. "The Final Lot" sounds like acoustic punk. It's pure pathos, of course: love, loss, regret, pride, courage are all to be found. It's an album to come back to over and over again. Try it. You don't have to be into Morris Dancing to like English folk music....
Original, brilliant music August 17, 2006
Jemima Williams (West Wales,UK)
32 out of 33 found this review helpful
If ever there was an artist capable of destroying long time stereotypes and preconceptions of folk music as a stale and dated genre, Seth Lakeman is it. Transcending genres, you can't help but admire this album for it's wonderfully written songs performed by a group of musicians who really know their stuff. Each track is completely different the one before it, and in fact, from any other songs out there, folk our otherwise. Seth's fiddle and tenor guitar playing has a major part in the originality of the songs, but it's his voice that really makes them stand out.
This re-released album contains the lovely remixed versions of `Lady of the Sea' and `White Hare'. It would be easy to ruin a great song like `Lady of the Sea' by overproducing it, but this can certainly not be said about this fantastic version. Keeping all the vitality and freshness of the original, this version has a great beat, harmonies and bass that only adds to the sound, transforming it from `sweet' to `epic'.
Although based on legends and stories from the West Country, specifically Dartmoor, Seth Lakeman and his band play each song as though it is contemporary tale of love, loss, or tragedy, and each feels as relevant to life as if it were based on something that happened yesterday. From sweet ballads like `King and Country' to the `blokey folk' songs about soldiers and miners (`The Colliers' and `The Riflemen of War'), there's not a single track on this album that I haven't had on constant repeat for days at a time. If you're tired of soulless songs played by people who don't know the first thing about music, buy this album: I can guarantee you won't have heard anything more honest and original than `Freedom Fields' - unless it's Seth Lakeman's previous album, `Kitty Jay'.
Moving and Powerful May 2, 2006
P. stephens (South Wales)
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
Seth Lakeman had been in my consciousness since watching the build up to the Mercury award last year. When I saw his performance I was blown away by the power and his great voice. I was lucky enough to catch Seth play live in support of Billy Bragg over the bank holiday weekend and he was on fine form. Superb live. Sadly he wasn't on long enough but managed to cram in plenty from this album and a cracking rendition of kitty jay.
This album gets it's claws into you from the first play - buy it and enjoy wearing it out as you play it again and again and again. It really is that good. Enjoy.
Very Essential Listening April 1, 2006
Charlie98 (London)
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Thanks to the Mercury nomination I first heard of Seth Lakeman, introducing me to a whole new world.
This is fantastic third album. The Mercury nominated "Kitty Jay" was always going to be difficult to follow, but Seth has certainly achieved it with "Freedom Fields". A mix of ballads, poems and Dartmoor legends set against a background of a haunting rustic violin.
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